CMU School of Drama


Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Shakespeare in Prison

Dart Society Reports: Leonard Ford is a pedophile. He can say that now. But in 2001, when photographer Andy Nelson and I met him, while reporting a Christian Science Monitor story on the Shakespeare Behind Bars program in his Kentucky prison, Leonard thought he was a victim.

1 comment:

ZoeW said...

Wow, I don't even really know what to think about that video. Tamora is such a powerful role, she is a women that purposely forces rape on another woman. The prisoner says that the parents of the child that he molested are just like Tamora. That makes me believe there is more to the story of the molesting that occurred. It is also interesting what he says about doing Shakespeare in prison, essentially it is an outlet, but it also gives the prisoners purpose and meaning. It is escape just wasting away.